by Carol O’Dowd | Aug 23, 2022 | Uncategorized
Fear Can Be An Obstacle or A Resource Fear can be a destructive emotion when it causes us to freeze or get so flustered we feel lost. As Takehisa Kora explains it in his How to Live Well: Secrets of Using Neurosis, “If we do not accept things as they are, and if we...
by Carol O’Dowd | Aug 23, 2022 | Uncategorized
Self Healing Healing from challenges such as anxiety, trauma, and grief can be enhanced with the practice of attention. Often times we just react to our emotions instead of taking a moment to decide how we want to react, or if it is worth our time to react. During...
by Carol O’Dowd | Aug 23, 2022 | Uncategorized
Many people get frozen by trauma. It reappears in various ways and often is re-lived over and over again in dreams. Individuals often carry around the memories and are triggered to respond as they did years ago. War veterans know this when jumping at the sound of a...
by Carol O’Dowd | Aug 23, 2022 | Uncategorized
Being Trapped After surviving traumatic situations, we stay stuck in the muck of fears. In a state of anxiety, we get hooked by our own emotions and the emotions of others. We feel as though we cannot move, sometimes not even breathe in the presence of others. The...
by Carol O’Dowd | Aug 23, 2022 | Uncategorized
Even when the world seems dark and fear grabs at your gut, it is possible to find peace of mind. Feeling overwhelmed and filled with anxiety, we focus on the loud and demonstrative voices of fear and anger. Doing so we do not hear the whispering of compassion flowing...